{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-2-602","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-2-602","heading":"Manner and effect of rightful rejection.","body":"(a)\tRejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender. It is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller.\n(b)\tSubject to the provisions of the two following sections on rejected goods (G.S. 25-2-603 and 25-2-604),\n(1)\tafter rejection any exercise of ownership by the buyer with respect to any commercial unit is wrongful as against the seller; and\n(2)\tif the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of goods in which he does not have a security interest under the provisions of this article (subsection (c) of G.S. 25-2-711), he is under a duty after rejection to hold them with reasonable care at the seller's disposition for a time sufficient to permit the seller to remove them; but\n(3)\tthe buyer has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.\n(c)\tThe seller's rights with respect to goods wrongfully rejected are governed by the provisions of this article on seller's remedies in general (G.S. 25-2-703). (1965, c. 700, s. 1; 2025-25, s. 112.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 2. Sales.","Part 6. Breach, Repudiation and Excuse."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-2-602.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"cd83a83035315bb52621173357bc8a7f41de5555f31cf40d8067b6fa819a07ef","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-2-601","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-2-603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}